EPTDont have any major issues with Kelly casting btw and im all for giving her a chance to get into the GomTV rythm and just start flowing her casting...we can only benefit from that.
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Escapist
Portugal548 Posts
Dont have any major issues with Kelly casting btw and im all for giving her a chance to get into the GomTV rythm and just start flowing her casting...we can only benefit from that. | ||
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aloT
England1042 Posts
On March 07 2011 20:07 BoneDancr wrote: It's been pretty clear to me ever since they starting working Kelly into the commentaries that GOM was reducing their western dependency on Tasteless and Artosis. The real question is the 'why', which we likely won't learn for a couple days. I kind of like Kelly to be honest, having a hot chick commentate on what is normally a nerd-fest is good marketing. The new guy has a great voice and all that but put them together and they have 1/10th the synergy that Tasteless and Artosis had. The banter from these guys was most of the reasons I could tolerate rooting for a handful of Korean stars and a whole ship-load of people I'v never seen/heard of from the Korean scene. I won't be subscribing to GOM for next season if these are the permanent casters, I don't get to catch most games live, and the thought of hearing these guys on all the VOD's is not very motivating. Alright, I'm going to go out on a limb here to explain why I believe your negativity and those who share similar views around Kelly/new casters at all is detrimental to the growth of SC2. As you have correctly pointed out, Kelly and Doa have no synergy, why should they? Both are new casters (Doa extremely so), while Artosis and Tasteless have years of both working together as friends, colleagues and players. However, simply allowing Tasteless and Artosis to be the only monopoly on the biggest SC2 tournament to date, and not resubscribing to GOM for that reason alone is an extremely shortsighted and selfish thing to wish for. New faces must be given room and support to flourish, and this will encourage even more casters to try their hand at it, and it is the casters who are often best at promoting SC2, after all, the players are.. well, playing. So for the sake of letting SC2 develop, give them a chance, not a week, not a month, but years. | ||
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
Good call with this one, Gom. | ||
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biskit
Australia355 Posts
On March 07 2011 20:07 BoneDancr wrote: It's been pretty clear to me ever since they starting working Kelly into the commentaries that GOM was reducing their western dependency on Tasteless and Artosis. The real question is the 'why', which we likely won't learn for a couple days. The reason is because Tasteless and Artosis request it. | ||
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byce
United States98 Posts
I think Kelly is supposed to be the analyst while Doa does more of the play-by-play. That sucks for her since people are so incredibly spoiled by people like Artosis, Day[9], etc. that everyone else is just doomed to fail. Artosis is a far better analytical caster than anyone else IMHO, and I don't know why people expect everyone that comes onto the scene to be able to fill his shoes. | ||
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Strut
United States182 Posts
he needs to stop those weird head pivots in between games. Dunno if he thinks hes being or cute but it just makes him look retarded. probably just nervous and tr.ying too hard to be like-able. | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
A nice addition to the caster line up and I'll certainly look forward to hearing a bit more from him. Oh also, I demand more puns! =p | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On March 07 2011 19:57 Drayne wrote: I think this sounds abit like CholeraSC, caster that left the scene i while back, abit less manly but still doing a good job out there I think CholeraSC suddenly showing up to cast Code A would be even bigger than Flash and JD switching to SC2. The community would implode on itself as we cannot take the sheer amount of awesome that is the return of Cholera. Alas, we can only dream. Anyways, I really liked DoA's cast tonight. He was very clear, articulate, and had decent game knowledge. His calm voice and nice inflections sorta reminded me of HD's casts. Best of luck to DoA on future casts. | ||
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sva
United States747 Posts
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Bagi
Germany6799 Posts
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Cabinet Sanchez
Australia1097 Posts
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phuzi0n
United States308 Posts
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SolHeiM
Sweden1264 Posts
On March 07 2011 20:20 Strut wrote: his casting is alright. he makes the mistake of simpling stating what we're already seeing. Many other casters do this. Have you ever heard of something called a "play-by-play" caster? That's what they do, they tell you what's happening on the screen. It's not a mistake, it's what they are supposed to do. | ||
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Seiuchi
United States931 Posts
On March 07 2011 20:19 byce wrote: I hadn't heard of this guy before today, but I really like him. He's very easy to listen to. It also seems like he and Kelly could eventually end up having pretty good chemistry. I think Kelly is supposed to be the analyst while Doa does more of the play-by-play. That sucks for her since people are so incredibly spoiled by people like Artosis, Day[9], etc. that everyone else is just doomed to fail. Artosis is a far better analytical caster than anyone else IMHO, and I don't know why people expect everyone that comes onto the scene to be able to fill his shoes. Artosis had been doing analysis for every game. Now he's going to do analysis for half the games. If GOM is going to replace him for those casts, when they're trying to gain revenue from subscriptions, wouldn't it be reasonable for them to get a replacement that can work to the same quality? I think your point would make more sense in any other casting context, but when GOM advertises themselves as the biggest and most prestigious SC2 league then they should be judged in that context. When you're charging for content "could eventually" isn't good enough. | ||
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jackThecat
United States2 Posts
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Nayl
Canada413 Posts
On March 07 2011 20:38 jackThecat wrote: Voice is the main qualification of american idol. This is GSL. That being said giving new people a chance is fine but when they have such terrible sense of the game and it's progression then what are they doing cast gsl. The new guy, doa ,deserves a chance and i wont say much about him. Kelly however is just a terrible caster. Why do people care that shes hot or w/e, were watching sc2 matches right? I mean there are Secret commercials during breaks with much hotter girls. Every night, she proves that she is not learning anything about the game and not keeping track of progaming. This is her job now so why does she still say absurd things. Examples from tonight: Squirtle team killed IM (lol), void/ colo the "standard" pvz, alicia is my second favorite zerg, terrans are playing conservative today( lol again). I was fine with tastless saying he didnt know much about certain matchups because he admitted it and got a ton better while still being entertaining and artosis is clearly the best sc2 caster atm. without someone to talk more than kelly(artosis) and without tasteless joking around these casts have gotten both inexperienced and boring. Opinions. Artosis used to get bashed endlessly for making bad calls, and now all of sudden he's the best SC2 caster ha. Even though Kelly is right most of the time, and her knowledge of the match ups are pretty good, she just gets bashed whenever she's wrong because people hate her for not being a native English speaker. | ||
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jackThecat
United States2 Posts
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TheBJ
Bulgaria906 Posts
On March 07 2011 20:07 BoneDancr wrote: It's been pretty clear to me ever since they starting working Kelly into the commentaries that GOM was reducing their western dependency on Tasteless and Artosis. The real question is the 'why', which we likely won't learn for a couple days. I kind of like Kelly to be honest, having a hot chick commentate on what is normally a nerd-fest is good marketing. The new guy has a great voice and all that but put them together and they have 1/10th the synergy that Tasteless and Artosis had. The banter from these guys was most of the reasons I could tolerate rooting for a handful of Korean stars and a whole ship-load of people I'v never seen/heard of from the Korean scene. I won't be subscribing to GOM for next season if these are the permanent casters, I don't get to catch most games live, and the thought of hearing these guys on all the VOD's is not very motivating. Actually , its just that tasteless and artosis cant be casting between 3-5hours every day but sunday. Outside of all the personal reasons their voices just wouldnt be able to handle it. | ||
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Zukas
United States2 Posts
That's my only complaint. As a Toss player I felt their input for the protoss was incredibly lacking, and at times a little amateur. | ||
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